blues

blues

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \ˈblüz\

Definition of BLUES

1

: low spirits : melancholy <suffering a case of the blues>

2

: a song often of lamentation characterized by usually 12-bar phrases, 3-line stanzas in which the words of the second line usually repeat those of the first, and continual occurrence of blue notes in melody and harmony

3

: jazz or popular music using harmonic and phrase structures of blues

Origin of BLUES

blue devils

First Known Use: 1741

Rhymes with BLUES

booze, bruise, choose, cruise, cruse, Druze, flews, fuse, lose, Meuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, roose, ruse, schmooze, snooze, trews, use, whose